tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6838698329757338280.post2740712186230893376..comments2017-12-01T10:52:19.431-08:00Comments on Sunday Bible Study by ParishWorld.net: "There is no other commandment greater than these."Editor @ Parishworld.nethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11351018547370080019noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6838698329757338280.post-83252730285663000832012-10-31T12:19:52.198-07:002012-10-31T12:19:52.198-07:00“The Lord Lives!”
The Psalm is saying that the Lo...“The Lord Lives!”<br /><br />The Psalm is saying that the Lord <br />is present to us, here and now, just as <br />He was when He delivered David <br />from his persecutors.<br /><br />The really key revelation for us is <br />that the Lord lives. He lives among us; <br />He is present in the Word; Jesus is<br />in fact the Living Word; He is present <br />on the inside of us through the holy <br />Spirit. He is alive in the Eucharist; <br />He humbled himself to share in our <br />humanity, so that we might have a <br />share in His divinity!<br /><br />So Jesus is alive and well, standing <br />by us as our “rock of refuge, our <br />shield, our saving horn.” We join <br />with David in praising God and loving <br />Him with all our heart and all our mind, <br />as Jesus reminds us to do in the Gospel.<br /><br />How do we apply the Psalm's verses to <br />our lives? We turn to our Lord to equip <br />us for the battles that we fight against the <br />evil one. Jesus becomes our fortress!<br /><br />In this Psalm we hear David, crying out <br />to the Lord, as one cries out to his savior.<br />“My God, my rock of refuge, my shield, <br />my saving horn, my stronghold.” David <br />has just emerged after being saved <br />by God from his enemies and the clutches <br />of King Saul. David has been rescued by <br />that same God of compassion and mercy <br />that spoke to Moses.<br /><br />David says, “You have shown kindness to <br />your anointed.” God promises to hear us <br />when we cry out to Him as our psalmist <br />does. <br /><br />David praises his savior in language that <br />is familiar to us as his spiritual descendents:<br />“The Lord lives! Blessed be my rock! <br />Exalted be God my savior!”<br /><br />For David has been delivered from the <br />forces of evil that surrounded him.<br />And that same deliverance is available to<br />us, so long as we surrender ourselves <br />to God and love God with all of our heart <br />and soul and strength.<br /><br />Amen<br />Barry Lamontnoreply@blogger.com